Taaleem Award

The Taaleem Award is now open for submissions.

What is the competition?

The theme of the 2016 Taaleem Award is Time, which is the overall theme of the 2016 Festival. The competition is held in Arabic and English. Entrants may choose their own title in keeping with the theme of Time.

What is the prize?

Winners will be honoured at a prizegiving event at the 2016 Festival, and all the winning entries will appear in a published book. As well as a trophy, each winner will receive five copies of the book, a ticket to an Festival session and the opportunity to participate in a Creative Writing Workshop run by LendMeYourLiteracy, the online platform for young writers.

Further details will be sent to the winners after the judges have made their decision.

Who can enter?

There are four age categories which relate to your age on 15 November 2015.

Ages 11 and under – up to a maximum of 32 linesAges 12 – 14 – up to a maximum of 32 linesAges 15 – 17 – up to a maximum of 32 linesAge 18-25 for undergraduates in full-time education – up to a maximum of 32 lines

Please read carefully:

By entering the competition, entrants agree to observe the terms and conditions of the Competition, including permission to publish winning entries and to use photographic images of entrants where appropriate.

Judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into with regard to these decisions.

In accordance with normal conventions for international writing competitions, entries which do not adhere to the said terms and conditions will not be considered.

How to submit:

Write your poem – use your imagination and creativity to the full, but do remember that the theme is Time

Check that you have followed all the rules

Complete all sections of the online entry form

Submit directly from this page!

Winners will be notified in early March before the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (8-12 March 2016).

Only winners will be notified in advance, by the middle of January 2016. The names of the winners will be published on the website a week before the Festival. All participants will receive a certificate of participation upon entering and are welcome to join us at the prize-giving ceremony at the Festival.

The Award Ceremony will take place during the Festival, on 12 March 2016.

Name of the Entrant *

Age Group*

Date of Birth* - DD/MM/YYYY

Parent Name*

Telephone Number

Email Address*

School*

Poetry* We accept submissions in .doc, .docx, .rtf and .odf formats

I have obtained permission from my parents to take part in this competition and for the entry to be published in whatever format deemed appropriate.

- original work and written in English
- previously unpublished
- not previously submitted to any competition
- in Times New Roman font, size 12 point, 1.5 line spacing
- submitted via this entry form (receipt of entries will be acknowledged by email), which includes a confirmation of parent/guardian's consent
- on the theme of Time
- no longer than the 32 line limit (entries exceeding the line limit are disqualified)
- received before the closing date of 15 November 2015